DALLAS
(FWAA) – The 2010 Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List features
the best and brightest of the upcoming season's defensive players.
One of the more than 70 players on the list most likely will receive
the Bronko Nagurski Trophy that is awarded annually to the nation's
best defensive player by the Football Writers Association of
America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club.

Players may be added or deleted to the Bronko Nagurski Watch
List during the season. Each week during the 2010 season, the FWAA
will choose a Defensive Player of the Week. If that player is not
on the Watch List, he automatically will be added. The FWAA and
the Charlotte Touchdown Club will announce five finalists for the
Bronko Nagurski Trophy on November 18.

The annual Bronko Nagurski Trophy Banquet will be on Dec. 6 at
the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, N.C. Besides the 2010 winner being
announced, the banquet will also celebrate the winner of the Bronko
Nagurski Legends Award, presented by CSX Intermodal. Defensive tackle
Mike McCoy, a standout for Notre Dame, is being honored from the
FWAA's 1969 All-America team.

2010 BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY PRESEASON WATCH LIST

Sam Acho,
Texas, DT

Mark LeGree,
Appalachian State, S

Prince
Amukamara, Nebraska, CB

Travis
Lewis, Oklahoma, LB

Marvin
Austin, North Carolina, DT

Chris
Marve, Vanderbilt, LB

Akeem
Ayers, UCLA, LB

Cliff
Matthews, South Carolina, DE

Allen
Bailey, Miami, DE

DeAndre
McDaniel, Clemson, S

Mark Barron,
Alabama, S

Marcus
McGraw, Houston, LB

Jeremy
Beal, Oklahoma, DE

Josh McNary,
Army, DE

Nick Bellore,
Central Michigan, LB

Carmen
Messina, New Mexico, LB

Chris
Borland, Wisconsin, LB

Von Miller,
Texas A&M, LB

Da'Quan
Bowers, Clemson, DE

Bruce
Miller, UCF, DE

Curtis
Brown, Texas, CB

Dontay
Moch, Nevada, DE

Vontaze
Burfict, Arizona State, LB

Mike Mohamed,
California, LB

Tank Carder,
TCU, LB

Rahim
Moore, UCLA, S

Bruce
Carter, North Carolina, LB

Stephen
Paea, Oregon State, DT

Adrian
Clayborn, Iowa, DE

Patrick
Peterson, LSU, CB

Jared
Crick, Nebraska, DT

Jerrell
Powe, Ole Miss, DT

Marcell
Dareus, Alabama, DE

Robert
Quinn, North Carolina. DE

Ras-I
Dowling, Virginia, CB

Adrian
Robinson, Temple, DE

Brian
Duncan, Texas Tech, LB

Greg Romeus,
Pittsburgh, DE

Chris
Galippo, USC, LB

Kenny
Rowe, Oregon, DE

Stephon
Gilmore, South Carolina, CB

Robert
Sands, West Virginia, S

Brandon
Harris, Miami, CB

Tyler
Sash, Iowa, S

Mario
Harvey, Marshall, LB

J.K. Schaffer,
Cincinnati, LB

Mark Herzlich,
Boston College, LB

Kelvin
Sheppard, LSU, LB

Cameron
Heyward, Ohio State, DE

Aldon
Smith, Missouri, DE

Dont'a
Hightower, Alabama, LB

Craig
Stevens, Auburn, LB

Ross Homan,
Ohio State, LB

Quan Sturdivant,
North Carolina, LB

Justin
Houston, Georgia, LB

Manti
Te'o, Notre Dame, LB

Jarvis
Jenkins, Clemson, DT

J.T. Thomas,
West Virginia, LB

Janoris
Jenkins, Florida, CB

Trevin
Wade, Arizona, CB

Tejay
Johnson, TCU, S

J.J. Watt,
Wisconsin, DE

Greg Jones,
Michigan State, LB

Aaron
Williams, Texas, CB

Thomas
Keiser, Stanford, LB

Korey
Williams, Southern Miss, LB

Noah Keller,
Ohio, LB

Lawrence
Wilson, Connecticut, LB

Shiloh
Keo, Idaho, S

Ryan Winterswyk,
Boise State, DE

Ryan Kerrigan,
Purdue, DE

Anthony
Wright, Air Force, CB

Luke Kuechly,
Boston College, LB

Alex Wujciak,
Maryland, LB

Players
may be added or deleted from the list before or during the
season

The Football Writers Association of America, a non-profit organization
founded in 1941, consists of more than 1,200 men and women who cover college football
for a living. The membership includes journalists, broadcasters and publicists,
as well as key executives in all the areas that involve the game. The FWAA works
to govern areas that include gameday operations, major awards and its annual All-America
team. For more information about the FWAA and its award programs, contact Steve
Richardson at tiger@fwaa.com or 972-713-6198.

The Charlotte Touchdown Club is a non-profit organization
founded in 1990 for the purpose of promoting high school, collegiate,
and professional football in the Charlotte, N.C. region. The club's
activities and services focus community attention on the outstanding
citizenship, scholarship, sportsmanship, and leadership of area
athletes and coaches. For more information, contact John Rocco
(704-347-2918 or jrocco@touchdownclub.com).
The official website of the Charlotte Touchdown Club is www.touchdownclub.com.

The Bronko Nagurski Trophy is a member of the National
College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded
in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to
protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige
of the game's predominant awards. The NCFAA encourages professionalism
and the highest standards for the administration of its member awards
and the selection of their candidates and recipients. For more information,
visit the association's official website,
ncfaa.org.

For more information of the FWAA and its member and award programs,
contact Executive Director Steve Richardson (972-713-6198,
tiger@fwaa.com).